The Government of India has decided to roll out the NPS for all citizens of India from 1st May, 2009. Hence, various facilities (like opening Permanent Retirement Account, contributing to NPS etc) will be required to be provided to all the citizens (known as 'Subscribers' in the NPS architecture) at various locations across India. These processes shall be carried out through the entities known as Points of Presence (POPs) appointed by the PFRDA. POPs shall provide the services under NPS through their network of branches called POP Service Providers (POP-SP).